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} DOOR HANGER. N0. 300,474- Patented June- 17, 1884.

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WARREN IDE, OF, MEDINA, NEIV YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,474, dated June 17, 1884.

Application filed December '26, 1883. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARREN IDE, of Medina, Orleans county, New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Barn- Door Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation, partially in section, of the hanging attached to a door. Fig. 2 is an elevation at right angles to Fig. 1, portions being broken away. Fig. 3 is a diagram, partially in elevation and partly in section, showing the arrangement of the wheels. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the track. Fig. 5 is a modification of Fig. 4.

My improvement relates to rollerhangings for barn and other doors; and it consists of a hanger provided with two oppositely-beveled wheels, which receive the tread between them, in combination with a track of peculiar construction, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A shows the hanger, of usual form, which is attached to the door B in the ordinary way.

C is the track, which is also attached to the fixed ledge D, as usual.

My improvement is as follows:

E is the main wheel, which is attached to the top of the hanger and rolls on top of the track. G is a small friction-wheel located on a pin, a, below the tread portion of the track, said wheel turning freely on the pin. These wheels are respectively provided with beveled flanges b and 0, located on reverse sides from each other, so that the tread portion (2 of the track will lie between the faces of the two wheels, and its edges will lie between the two bcvels. This is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

O is the track, composed of the top tread portion, (1, which stands flatwise, a vertical flange, j". which projects downward but part way to the support upon which the rail rests, and horizontal feet g g, at uniform distance apart, which rest upon and are secured to the sill or ledge D. The track is made in sections fitted end to end, the ends being halved together to make a smooth joint. Thus arranged, the face of the track is elevated, and presents a thin tread, smooth on both sides, one wheel running on top and the other underneath, and the two reverse bevels of the wheels resting against the edges of the track inside and outside. By this means the rollers can neither rise nor fall, nor can they run off sidewise, differing in the latter respect from those hangers where a roller runs on top and a projection runs under the bottom of the track to keep the roller from jumping. This advantage results from the use of the two rollers-one above, the other below, and provided with reverse beveled flanges, as described. By the peculiar construction of the track, it is adapted to this form of the rollers. tread (1' passes between the rollers, the vertical flan gef extends downward a sufficient distance, and the feet 9 rest on the sill, forming a boxing, in which the lower roller runs. This elevated form of the track allows free action of both rollers without binding. track will prevent the accumulation of snow and dirt, being practically self-clearing, the snow, dirt, &c., passing out from behind be- The flat This form of the M neath the traclgthrough the openings between I the feet, and falling off.

If desired, the track, instead of being made of cast-iron and in sections, as above described, may be made of wrought-iron, and either in sections or in one length, of sufficient length for the door to open or close; and it may have a straight flange screwed or bolted directly to the ledge I), as shown in Fig. 5. Such a track would be very smooth ,and would not easily break.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a door-hanger, the two wheels E G, at-

tached to the hanger A, one above the other, and provided with beveled flanges on opposite sides, in combination with a track consisting of a fiat horizontal tread, d, on opposite sides of which the wheels run, a vertical flange, f, and supporting-feet g, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

XVARREN IDE. Witnesses:

L. W. GRINNELL,

'W. H. 'Wrmrrnrn. 

